Test Your Medical Knowledge: From Diagnosis to Surgery

Test Your Medical Knowledge: From Diagnosis to Surgery

What does it mean if a person has paraplegia?

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Correct Incorrect The terms "from the waist down” for paraplegia and "neck down” for quadriplegia are rough approximations. The exact level of limb function depends on the spinal cord injury.

What does it mean if a person has paraplegia?

  • weak in the limbs
  • paralyzed from the waist down
  • paralyzed from the neck down
  • paralyzed on one side of the body
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